@scott.keck-warren.comWhat does the `1` mean in the first call?
PHP 8.6 adds a `SortDirection` enum to the core. The pull requests I approve fastest are the ones where I never have to open another file to understand an argument.
Video: https://youtu.be/U9Jrcg1Ns1k
@scott.keck-warren.comYou gave someone an estimate, and they wrote it on the calendar as a commitment. The date slipped, and you felt like you'd lied.
You didn't.
An estimate is your best guess, and it's still a guess after someone turns it into a promise.
@leaton01.bsky.socialGiven what the newsletter focuses on, I figured it was ideal to cross post this essay on The Tapestry & The Hustle: aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/the-tapest...
@scott.keck-warren.comFor years I measured myself by how much syntax I'd memorized. Then a model wrote me a working tool in a language I've never touched, and that scorecard stopped meaning anything.
What's left is knowing whether the output is right.
@scott.keck-warren.comConsistency isn't a personality trait. It's what's left over once a good system does the remembering for you.
The developers I know who ship aren't more disciplined than the rest of us. They stopped trusting their memory.
